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Diesel price in August 1998

Name: Average U.S. Diesel Price, August 1998
Creator: Weekly Diesel
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U.S. EIA weekly diesel averaged $1.007/gal over 5 readings

The average U.S. on-highway diesel price in August 1998 was $1.007 per gallon, calculated from 5 EIA weekly readings.
The weekly low was $1.000; the weekly high was $1.016.
That monthly average was $0.021 lower than July 1998.
It was $0.158 lower than August 1997.

This page is a simple calendar-month view of the official EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel series: it averages the survey weeks listed below. It is not a separate government monthly series, and no missing weeks are estimated.

August 1998 weekly chart

U.S. average on-highway diesel, August 1998. Source: EIA weekly survey.

Every EIA week in August 1998

Week of	$/gal	Change
August 3, 1998	$1.016	▼−$0.004
August 10, 1998	$1.010	▼−$0.006
August 17, 1998	$1.007	▼−$0.003
August 24, 1998	$1.004	▼−$0.003
August 31, 1998	$1.000	▼−$0.004

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The source series is the EIA weekly U.S. on-highway diesel price, published by survey Monday. See the methodology and download the underlying weekly CSV.